23 Mar 1869
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1869
Page
1
A mixed set of dispatches reports an election plan in Chicago and Dominican Bay leasing to the United States. It notes a filibuster force arriving in Cuba to aid insurgents, and hints at Grant’s stance on Tenure of Office Act repeal. Also mentioned are local posting rates and community notices.
A report notes General Howard plans a visit and lecture in the city later this week. Known as the American Bavelock, he is praised for wartime gallantry and postwar work with the Freedmen's Bureau, with hopes his services might join the Indian Department. Details of time and place to follow.
The Patric of Paris claims Grant's message and Cabinet show a centralized governance trend since 1801, marking a shift toward political doctrine in the United States. It asserts Grant remains the active director of the government with a cabinet lacking leading figures. Also, the Turkish minister has returned to Athens to resume duties.
Washington reports a two hour Republican caucus on the Tenure-of-Office bill adjourned to noon without action. Mort on Grimes and Sprague withdrew, signaling possible four year suspension. Nominations and ministerial appointments loom as White House confronts Tenure constraints.
Discussion on extending the law for four years or during Grant's administration sparked a heated Senate debate. Several Senators left the chamber as some urged nonbinding caucus ties. Edmuds proposed preserving the act provoking further discussion. The resolution was adopted to recommit the bill and amendments to the Judiciary Committee to modify current law. It remains unclear what changes will be proposed. Most senators oppose full repeal and seek to retain principles with possible provisos to satisfy objections.
In Washington on March 22, the Senate reported a Midland Pacific Railroad right of way bill with amendments, elected officers including Sergeant-at-Arms John R. French and Executive Clerk John M. Morris, and discussed multiple bills from naturalization to railroad aid. Other actions included debates on Tenure of Office Act, adjournment timing, and various appropriation and railroad measures.
Special commissioner Mr. Fabens returns to Washington with instructions to lease the Bay of Samana to the United States. In Porto Rico on the 10th the sugar market rallied as export duties were imposed: three dollars per hogshead on sugar, sixty five cents per hogshead on molasses, fifty cents per quintal on coffee, and twenty cents per quintal on tobacco.
Newspaper brief reports multiple fires in New York and Indiana. A four grain warehouse at Bloomington Rochester is buried after March 2 with losses around 69000. Cassidy's Ponte Mill at Penyon burned Saturday night. The Steam Elevator Liverpool in Brooklyn basin burned today causing losses near 30000. Phelps' Bloomington warehouse in Indiana burned early this morning, destroying grain and labeled as incendiary.
Great interest is shown in the Chicago Park Scheme election in the south and west divisions to decide on establishing parks there. The outcome appears extremely doubtful as polling nears.
Markets show moderate activity with gold steady after opening at 1214 and closing near 1314. Wheat and flour fluctuate. pork, bacon, and lard steady to dull. cattle, sheep, and hogs show varied demand. Far East and foreign markets report mixed prices with grain, rice, and sugar moving, while coffee and molasses trade softly.
In Newark a young German man shot the woman he loved at her home on Sunday, killing her almost instantly. He then killed himself with the same pistol, in a fatal domestic tragedy unfolding in New York reporting.
Washington reports the death of Henry Bige low Lawrence Consul General to Italy. He died yesterday morning at Washington. He was the son of Abbott Lawrence of Boston.
Paris dispatches report Brazil will set up a provisional government in Paraguay. Rio de Janeiro divices state Parana, Brazilian Secretary of Foreign Affairs, has traveled to Asuncion to oversee the move.
Advices from Havana report Salvage besieging Lux Cayes and imminent bombardment. Refugees crowd harbor as ships seek safety. Charleston notes a forthcoming letter alleging an American expeditionary force aiding Cuban revolutionaries led by General Tiendingsend. St Domingo unrest continues with arrests and exercises amid eastern insurgent activity.
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